View of a parade float, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, "title: Defenders of the West, sponsor by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command. Dominating the forward portion of the float, a revolving blue and white carousel showing six hand weapons used in the defense of the west. At the corners of the carousel are six flags significant in Colorado history. Astride the carousel is the American Eagle, the watcher of history and the present. Ascending to the rear are six periods in history. Each period portrays two soldiers in costume with weapons appropriate to the defense of the west: 1835 - Trapper and scout, 1845 - Mexican War soldiers, 1865 - Civil War soldiers, 1875 - Indians, 1918 - World War I pilot and infantry man, 1965 - Jet pilots in modern flight regalia. High at the rear is a world globe with four jet fighters circling in constant defense. Atop the globe, a modern air-to-air rocket depicts today's readiness in air defense. To the rear, above all, is the USAF Air Defense Command Mission and our float title "Defenders of the West." Spectators crowd Pikes Peak Avenue; a Walgreens and the Cheyenne Hotel are in the background.

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